Ala. officer struck by four-wheeler, hospitalized

Police in central Alabama say an officer has been hospitalized after shooting a man who ran him over with a four-wheeler.

Authorities say the unidentified officer was responding to a call about two men riding four-wheelers and damaging property Tuesday night. Police say the men fled and the officer chased them in his patrol car before pursuing one of them on foot. The unidentified man struck the officer, and the officer fired two shots at the man.

Police say the wounded 22-year-old man fled into a wooded area and was later hospitalized.

Police Chief Randy Kizziah told the Tuscaloosa News (http://bit.ly/WKwMkY) the officer suffered a broken right leg, a torn ligament and an injured knee and may have to undergo surgery.